Visiones sobre los tránsitos socio-técnicos hacia patrones de consumo sustentable en agua y energía en la minería sudamericana - dos controversias argentinas

This paper addresses the problem of water and energy consumption in the South American mining from a perspective not much explored: the sustainable consumption. From the point of view of sociology and the social studies of science and technology, we expose the issue by presenting three different consumption patterns: conventional, alternative and progressive. Based on both secondary sources and semi-structured interviews, we looked into the controversies surrounding two Argentine historical mining project...